Yes. This, like the new Acura MDX Sport Hybrid; performance oriented rather than mileage, borrowing tech from their NSX:
Identical in most respects to the double-motor package that energizes the Acura NSX supercars front wheels, the TMU serves as a smart differential. During gentle launches, each motor drives one rear wheel while the engine naps. To augment cornering vigor, one motor powers the outside rear wheel while the other slows the inside, a clever version of torque vectoring. During those differential moments, the impeding motor sends electrical current to the battery pack.
It hustles to 60 mph from rest in 5.7 seconds, through the quarter-mile in 14.5 seconds, and to 100 mph in 15.5 seconds
Cornering is where the MDX hybrid showed the biggest advantage over competitors. No doubt thanks to the electric torque vectoring and the handling-oriented suspension tuning, the MDX hybrid circled our skidpad at 0.87 g versus the Toyotas 0.77 g, the Volvos 0.81 g, and the nonhybrid MDXs 0.83 g. (The Toyota, the Volvo, and the nonhybrid MDX were inhibited by stability-control-system intervention.) Also to its credit, the Acura hybrids body roll and understeer characteristics approach those of a sports sedan. The electronically controlled variable dampers manage wheel and body motion without spoiling ride quality.
Yet, it's a bit too large for us. A US version of the newly announced CX-8 (Japanese market for now) would be perfect.
